RR schedule: Rajasthan Royals to take on CSK in first IPL 2020 match on September 22

Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL 2020) season is all set to commence on Saturday, September 19 in United Arab Emirates (UAE). Rajasthan Royals (RR) were among first batch of teams to touch down in Gulf country, as y landed in Dubai on August 20, a month before start of IPL. After undergoing  quarantine rms as imposed by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), RR squ began ir training camps for imminent T20 spectacle. While RR team won inaugural edition of tournament back in 2008, y are yet to furr polish ir trophy cabinet and will be looking to d ir second title in upcoming Dream11 IPL 2020 season.

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RR schedule: RR time table for IPL 2020 season released, opener against  X

With Dream11 IPL 2020 just a fortnight away, BCCI and IPL governing council anunced RR IPL schedule for upcoming season. RR time table will see 2008 champions face off against last year's beaten finalists Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Tuesday, September 22, 2020. RR time table will see m face off against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) next, before squaring off against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI) in ir first five IPL fixtures. According to IPL's RR schedule, Royals will face off against MI, KKR and KXIP in ir final three league phase fixtures. 

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RR Schedule: Steve Smith, Ben Stokes to miss first few games of RR time table 

RR schedule meant that Royals will be without key players for initial players. RR team is built around English trio of Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer, with former Australian captain Steve Smith set to le m this season. However, RR team will miss services of aforementioned quartet, due to ir national commitments. Smith, Archer and Buttler are expected to join rest of RR players on September 17, after end of England vs Australia ODI series. While date is before beginning of RR schedule, mandatory quarantine regulations mean that y are likely to miss initial matches. 

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According to media reports, Jaydev Unkat could be in line to le RR team when y begin ir campaign against XXX. left-arm pacer was in fine form during 2019/20 Ranji Trophy season, finishing as leing wicket-taker with 67 wickets, while captaining Saurashtra to ir maiden Ranji Trophy triumph. Among or overseas picks in RR team, 2008 IPL champions could opt for South Africa's David Miller, West Indian pacer Oshane Thomas and Australian pacer Andrew Tye. England pacer Tom Curran is also part of RR squ but will join team with Jos Buttler and co. 

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RR time table: Entire IPL 2020 schedule for Rajasthan Royals 

RR schedule: RR squ for IPL 2020

• Steve Smith (captain), Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Yashasvi Jaiswal, David Miller, Aniruddha Joshi, Ben Stokes, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Robin Uthappa, Anuj Rawat, Shreyas Gopal, Shashank Singh, Rahul Tewatia, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Varun Aaron, Ankit Rajpoot, Jaydev Unkat, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Tom Curran, Oshane Thomas and Akash Singh.

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